February 19, 1919

Directive

The People's Commissar A. D. Tsyurupa is hereby directed, given his assumption of duties and the necessity of safeguarding state property,* to observe the following precautions strictly:
not to work more than two hours without interruption,
not to work later than 10:30 p.m.,
not to receive the public.

The restrictive directives of Lidia Aleksandrovna Fotieva are to be carried out without question.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

* V. I. Lenin has in mind A. D. Tsyurupa's state of health. — Editor.

First published in 1945
in Lenin Miscellany XXXV

Printed from the manuscript